Latham Dominates Chambers USA 2025 Guide

Latham & Watkins demonstrated continued dominance in the Chambers USA 2025 rankings, which spotlights America’s leading business lawyers and law firms. Latham received more practice and lawyer rankings than any other firm for the 11th consecutive year, including Band 1 recognition across a full range of transactional, disputes, regulatory, and industry categories.

Latham’s results include 90 Band 1 practice and industry rankings, 96 Band 1 lawyer rankings, as well as the highest number of lawyers ranked in the guide — all-time highs for the firm in this directory. Among these, the firm:

• Maintained Band 1 in Private Credit, Banking & Finance, and numerous Capital Markets categories, underscoring Latham’s track record as the market-leading capital solutions advisor serving corporates and capital providers worldwide
• Maintained Band 1 status among “The Elite” Corporate/M&A firms nationwide, with Band 1 local practices coast to coast
• Earned Band 1 status among “The Elite” Restructuring firms, reflecting landmark work and the addition of renowned restructuring and liability management partners
• Premiered at Band 1 in the inaugural Corporate Governance rankings, bolstering the firm’s position as a public company powerhouse firm advising more than 1,100 public companies
• Maintained Band 1 status across litigation practices, including Antitrust, Appellate, General Commercial, Intellectual Property, Privacy & Data Security, Securities, and White Collar categories
• Premiered at Band 1 in the inaugural Artificial Intelligence and Trade Secrets rankings, reinforcing Latham’s position as the leading Band 1 advisor to the Technology industry
• Remains the only firm to rank Band 1 in Energy & Infrastructure and Project Finance categories, including Power, Oil & Gas, LNG, and Renewables, as well as Oil & Gas Transactional, Electricity Transactional, Energy Transition, and Offshore Energy
• Continues to lead as a Band 1 Life Sciences firm in the innovation hubs of Massachusetts and California, as well as nationwide 

Latham’s 2025 Nationwide Band 1 Practice and Industry Rankings

• Antitrust
• Antitrust: Cartel
• Appellate Law
• Artificial Intelligence
• Banking & Finance
• Capital Markets: Convertible Debt
• Capital Markets: Equity: Issuer Counsel
• Capital Markets: Equity: Manager Counsel
• Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt
• Capital Markets: Investment Grade Debt: Issuer Counsel
• Capital Markets: Securitization: ABS
• Climate Change
• Corporate Crime & Investigations: The Elite
• Corporate Governance
• Corporate/M&A: The Elite
• Derivatives
• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Energy Transition
• Energy: Electricity (Transactional)
• Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
• Environment
• Environment: Mainly Transactional
• Government Contracts: Highly Regarded
• Intellectual Property
• Intellectual Property: Trade Secrets
• International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
• Leisure & Hospitality
• Life Sciences
• Offshore Energy
• Privacy & Data Security: Litigation
• Private Credit
• Product Liability: Tobacco
• Projects: LNG
• Projects: Oil & Gas
• Projects: Power
• Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
• Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
• REITs
• Restructuring: The Elite
• Retail: Corporate & Transactional
• Securities: Litigation
• Tax: Controversy
• Tax: Corporate & Finance
• Technology